Device for loading manure, earth, gravel, &amp;c.



No 848,128. PATENTED MAR; 26, 1907; J. G. S. & H. R. RUMSBY. DEVICE FOR LOADING MANURE, EARTH, GRAVEL,:&0.

APPLIOATION FILED 0011s. 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907. J. G. S. & H. R. RUMSEY.

DEVICE FOR LOADING MANURE, EARTH, GRAVEL, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.15. 1906.

- and the like into wagons or other receptacles.

Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented the same.

the dum ing table or pan; and Figs. 5 and 6 are detallvertical transverse sectional views UNIT STATES- ;PATEN @FFIC.

JOHN o. s. R MsEY-AND HERBERT R. RUnsnY, or VINLAND, KANSAS.

.- DEVICE FOR LOADING MANURE'; EARTH, GRAVEL, &o.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar n 2c, 1907.

Application filed Octobr 15, 1906. Serial No. 338,993.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that we,JoI-1NC. S. RUMsEY an IIERBERT it. ltuMsnY, citizens'of the United States, residing at Vinland, in the county of certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Loading Manure, Earth, Gravel, &c'. of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in devices for loading manure, earth, gravel,

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be of sime ple, strong, durable, and comparativelyirbexpensive construction 'and well adapted for the purposes intended.

Further objects and advantages of the inventi on, as well as the structural features by means. of 'which' these objects are attained, will be readily understood upon reference to the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inv which I i Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the improved loading device. F ig'. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 3 is a front endelevation. Fig. 4 a longitudinal sectional view through taken, respectively, on the planes indicated by the lines 5 5 and 6 6 of Fig. 2

Referring to the drawings by' numerals, 1 denotes the mainframe of the device, which preferably comprises two transversely-ex-- tending s1lls2, connected together and spaced apart by two pairs of longitudinally-extending beams 3. and 4. The outerbeam 3 of each pair have rising from their forward ends upwardly and rearwardly ipclined beams 5, which are connected together at their npper ends by a cross-bar 6'. The inclined beams 5 are supported adjacent to their upper ends by uprights 7, which project vertically from the rearmost sill 2 and have their lower ends secured to the outer faces ofthe rear ends of the longitudinal beams 3. The uprights 7 are strengthenedby,inclined braces 8, whichconnect-them to the extended ends of the rearmost sills 2. The inclined beams 5 are also strengthened by similar braces 9, which latter have their lower ends connected to the extended ends of the foremost sill '2. The beams'..5 are further strengthened and sup- I ported by inclined braces 10, which connect l 'them to the beams 3, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and-2.

Mounted for swinging movement in thewhich have their rear ends pivotally mounted between the pairs of beams 3 and 4. The beams 12 and 13 form arms forthe dum ing: table 11, and secured upon their-rear. en sby bolts or the like are metal pivot-plates 14," which are apertured to receive ivot-bolts 15. These bolts 15 extend throng the beams 3 and 4, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and; 2. The table 11 consists of a horizontal section 16 and an inclined section 17, which sections are preferably constructed of boards, as

"shown. The boards of the section 16 are secured by bolts or the like to the bottom of I the forward end of the beam 12 and are further connected by a centrally arranged horif zontal bar or cleat 18. The opposite ends of the boards of this bottom section 16 are simiQ larly secured to a longitudinal extending bar- 19, which has its rear end secured to thefors ward end of the beam 13. The bar 19 is of greater width than the beam 13, to which it 1s secured by angular metal plates 20, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The inclined se'c-. tion 17 is supported by triangular-shaped braces 21, arranged upon the beams 12 13, and the boards of this section 17 are united by end cleats or braces 22 and 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The front end of the table is formed by a triangular-shaped uprightbar or beam 24, which is secured at its large end to the outer end of the beam 12 by an angular metal plate 25. ,It will be seen upon ref erence to igs. 1 and 2 that the forward-end of the beam 13 is cut away at the inclined section 17 of thetable 11 and that the corresponding end of the beam 12 is extended and forms a side wall 26 for the table. When the latter is in its normal or horizontal position, it rests upon the ground and may be readily loaded with manure, earth, or the like by the usual scrapers pulled by teams of horses.

These scrapers may be readily lifted onto the horizontal section of the tableat its open side, and as they are drawn across the same they can bedumped', and all of the manure or earth will be caught by the-walls 17, 26, and

24, the wall 26 bein especially provided to prevent the sore er fr table a portion 0 the manure or earth as the sore er'leaves the table. I

Vldhen it is desired to dump the material om dragging off of the upon the table 1 into a wagon or other receptacle, the latter is laced atthe rear end of the frame 1, and a 100k 27 on one end of the cable 28 is engaged with a ring 29, connected to the inner ends of two links 30, which have their outerends attached to the ends of the beam or bar 24. The eable'28 passes upwardly and rearwardly over a guidepulley 31, mounted centrally upon the cross- )ar 6, and to its opposite end may be con- 'nected a team of draft-animals, suitable guide-pulleys for the cable being provided upon the lower portion of the frame or at other points. When the cable is drawn down, the table 11 will be swung upon its pivots to the dotted-lined position in Fig. 1, so that the material upon it will be dumped into a wagen or other receptacle. This upward-swinging movement of the table is lim ited by a cross-bar 32, arranged between the uprights 7 and adapted to be engaged by the arms or beams l2 and 13, as shown. in Fig. 1. In order to facilitate the return of the table to its normal position after its cohtents have been discharged, a coil-spring 33 has one of I its ends attached to the foremost Slll 2 and its connection withthe accompanying drawings,

it is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without a more extended explanation.

Having thus described our invention, what we'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A loading device of the character described com rising a frame consisting of transverse si ls, a pair of spaced longitudinal beams coi'meeting said sills, and connected uprights secured at their lower endsto said sills and. beams, a dumping-table consisting of parallel arms having their inner ends pivotally mounted between said longitudinal beams, one of said arms being extended to form the side wall for said table, a longitudinal bar secured to the other of said arms, boards connecting theextended end of said arm and said bar, a triangular-shaped bar oonnectedto the extended end of said extended arm and forming an outer wall for said table, an upwardly and reaiwardly inclined inner wall for said table formed of boards, braces for supporting said inner wall, cleats connecting the ends of the boards of said inner wall, a cable for elc ating said dumpingtable, a cross-bar connecting said uprights for limiting the swinging movcmen t of said table, and a spring connection between said table and the frame for returning the table to its lowered position.

In testimony whereof'we hereunto allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN C. S. RUMSEY.

l-IllltBER'l It. RUMSE Y. Witnesses:

ll. N. W'oons, I. l). ()SBORN. 

